Christina's comments
(member since Apr 06, 2009)
Christina's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.
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Welcome to the group! This is by far the most welcoming, interactive group on the site. Just wait until you see how large your "to-read" list becomes!
Diane D wrote: "Hi Christina - I've been a legal secretary for about 30 years...are you sitting for the Bar in July?
Best wishes Christina - you'll be fine!
If you love cats- check out The Cat Who Went to Paris ..."
Yes, end of July - less than a month away! I'm sure you know all about the craziness and stress related to the bar. It's a unique experience, I'll say that. Thanks for the suggestions!
I often find myself torn between video games and books as well. Very difficult battle, I know. I'm glad books are winning over for you right now. And welcome to the awesome group!!
Elhara wrote: "Hi Christina,
I had to wait for a while on my library's hold list for Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World‎
by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter
It's a nice little story for anyone. V..."
Wow well you have me pegged - I love cats! I'm adding it to my list right now. :)
Petra X wrote: "Studying for the bar? Then Anonymous Lawyer A Novel by Jeremy Blachman should entertain you. I've just finished it and its very light and very funny indeed. Not sure if it would put..."
That sounds funny! I added it to my to-read list.
I decided to pick up "Me Talk Pretty One Day" because I've been wanting to read it forever ... these were all great suggestions (I would have picked "Watership Down" if it wasn't so long - good thing I own it though!) and I'll be reading the others after I finish this one.
Thanks, guys! Keep the list coming if anyone has any others!
(and thanks for the good luck!)
I love a good depressing, thought provoking book, but I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for some more cheerful books - not necessarily just a happy ending, but that may be okay too.
I say this because I'm studying for the NY Bar and am getting stressed out; I was going to read "My Sister's Keeper" but decided I didn't feel like adding to my depression lol.
If you could go through my book list to see what I like that would be even better! Thanks. :)
Jen wrote: "I just bought My Sister's Keeper at Borders the other day."
I am dying to read it because I want to read it before I see the movie, but even my public library system doesn't have enough copies because everyone is reading it (and there is a huge library system here!) - they just ordered a bunch more copies. So I'll get to it eventually.
I think if she had gone into all her subjective thoughts at the time I wouldn't have liked it as much. Instead, I felt it was a more honest, factual portrayal of what happened. If all memoirs were sappy and went into emotions I wouldn't read them.
It's almost like she left us, the readers, to experience those emotions, which I'm she she no doubt was feeling at the time too.
Yay I'm so glad you liked it!!! I had the same experience, I just could not put it down. I didn't have a problem with her not being all sentimental and sad about it either. Some of those reviews were pretty harsh and undeserved. I'm really glad you liked it as much as I did!
Are you still reading "The Glass Castle"? I couldn't remember if you said you were reading that yet.
Oh AND P.S. you have The Handmaid's Tale twice on your list - don't know if you'd want to change that.
Btw what did you think of Time Traveler's Wife overall? Did your opinion change by the end?
I didn't really like it. I haven't seen the movie either. Because it seems to be a love-or-hate type of book, I would get it from the library.
Thanks for the update on the book. I'm glad to hear you liked it, I'm looking forward to getting to it.
Lori, I have been dying to read High Fidelity for ages, and that's what I would be reading now rather than The Other Boleyn Girl if the library had only been open!!! I'm glad to hear that you recommend it as well.
A reading experience like that does not happen often enough, in my opinion. That's how I felt about "The Glass Castle" - I don't think I had read a book that did that to me in a long time. It was refreshing. Although "The World According to Garp" was pretty close to that too.
Yeah the only reason I finally got around to reading this was because the library was closed and I needed a book (I bought it at a used store a while back). Now I might as well finish it, I suppose. But it's not the kind of book that leaves me dying to read it when I have to set it down, ya know? I'm hoping it gets better.
See, we do have a lot of books in common!
I'm 100 pages in and so far I'm not a fan. I'm still waiting for it to get interesting. I'll keep you posted.
Huh, that is interesting that she said the movie was better. I loved the movie, which is one reason I'm hesitant to read the book (usually it's the other way around for me).
Our reading lists are so similar, I have read half of your list. Similar tastes I guess! I can't wait to hear what you think of some of them.
Oooh I want to read "I Am Legend." How is it so far?
